Business and Finance Summit 2018

Registration: 08:30 - 09:00

Section 1: Economic environment and competitiveness

Moderator: Zoltán Bán, CEO, Net Média (Portfolio Csoport)

09:00 - 09:05

Opening and welcome speech

09:05 - 09:30

Global Economy – Cruise or Crash

Speaker: Dr. Marco Wagner, Client Captain, Senior Economist, Commerzbank AG Corporates & Markets Economic Research

09:30 - 09:50

Can you build a global brand form Hungary? The story of a big Hungarian company

Speaker: Joerg Bauer, President & CEO, Tungsram Group

09:50 - 10:15

Reaping the Whirlwind - Economic Outlook of Central and Eastern Europe

Speaker: Ludovic Subran, Chief Economist and Head of Group Economic Research, Allianz Group

10:15 - 11:05

CEO roundtable: topical issues of the corporate sector from a finance perspective

Conversation participants:

Anna Dedéné Novotni, HAJDU Cégcsoport alelnöke, HAJDU Autotechnika Ipari Zrt. vezérigazgatója
Tamás Hoffmann, ügyvezető igazgató, LafargeHolcim
Zsuzsanna Ortutay, Director of Finance, MOL Hungary
János Szabó, Deputy-CEO, Magyar Telekom
Péter Tordai, Head of Solar Business, E2 Hungary

11:05 - 11:30

Coffee break

Section 2: Event! – Financial case studies from up close

Moderator: István Palkó, Senior Analyst, Portfolio

11:30 - 11:55

Crisis or growth? Global, European and Hungarian economy policy scenarios

Speaker: Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel Institute

11:55 - 12:20

M&A market trends in the light of the DIGI-Invitel deal

Speaker: Ágnes Svoób, Corporate Finance, Equilor Befektetési Zrt.

12:20 - 12:45

Tranzit Group raising capital for international expansion

Speaker: Ákos Szabó, igazgató, Tranzit Csoport

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch break

Section 3A: From equity to loans: sources of financing growth

Moderator: Krisztina Bogdán, vezérigazgató-helyettes, Commerzbank Zrt.

14:00 - 14:20

M&A in the regional market: what adds value?

Speaker: Simonyi Tamas, Director, KPMG

14:20 - 15:10

CFO roundtable: communications, interests and exchange rates

Conversation participants:

Attila Fülöp, Executive Director, BonOffice Kft., Bonafarm Group
István Hegedűs, pénzügyi igazgató, BorsodChem
Gábor Lavich, Chief Financial Officer, Richter Gedeon
Zoltán Lehoczky, Chief Financial Officer, Gránit Pólus

15:10 - 15:30

Coffee break

Section 3B: Development, innovation, cost accounting

Moderator: István Palkó, Senior Analyst, Portfolio

14:00 - 14:15

Pecularities and financial aspects of corporate IT procurement

Speaker: Dávid Bokrossy, economist, Head of Financial Services, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

14:15 - 15:10

Capex or opex? Development and innovation from a financial aspect

Conversation participants:

Gábor Barta, CFO, Ferropatent Zrt.
Gábor Gulyás, CFO, Weinberg 93 Kft.
Loránd Nagy, CFO, E2 Hungary Zrt.
Zoltán Urbán, Regional Business Development Manager, Softline Eastern Europe

15:10 - 15:30

Coffee break

Section 4A: Credit management in practice

Details TBC

Moderator: Ákos Schmidt, Member of the Board, Hungarian Credit Management Association

15:30 - 15:35

Opening speech

Speaker: Josef Busuttil, President, FECMA

15:35 - 15:50

Electrolux credit strategy and example how Nordic credit team work

Speaker: Katrin Björksten, Credit Manager & Customer Finance Nordic, Electrolux Hemprodukter AB

15:50 - 16:10

What happened to my credit management?

Speaker: Prof. Ludo Theunissen, Vice President, FECMA

16:10 - 16:25

Digitalisation in credit management

Speaker: Péter Szentirmay, Chairman, Magyar Credit Management Szövetség

16:25 - 16:40

The Darwin Awards of credit management – Extreme mistakes and the significance of adapting to changes

Speaker: Dr. Hajnalka Csorbai, Head of Strategy, Opten Kft.

16:40 - 17:20

Best practice

Conversation participants:

Ilona Cseh, Accounts Receivable Manager, FrieslandCampina Service Centre Emea Kft.
Péter Felfalusi, vezérigazgató, Intrum Justitia Zrt.
Péter Turjánszki, Credit Manager, Stavmat Építőanyag-kereskedelmi Zrt.
Balázs Vanek, Country Leader, Atradius Hitelbiztosító

Section 4B: Current business issues from taxation to labour shortage

Moderator: István Palkó, Senior Analyst, Portfolio

15:30 - 15:55

The introduction and future of online billing

Speaker: Dr. Dániel H. Nagy, Senior Tax Manager, Mazars Kft.

15:55 - 16:20

Crisis scenarios in corporate finance: What would a big domestic bank do?

Speaker: Tamás Győr, Head of Corporate Business Development Directorate, Erste Bank Hungary

16:20 - 16:40

Transfer pricing calculations

Speakers:

Lajos Bagdi, Partner - Tax Advisory Services, Niveus Consulting Group
János Girászin, Partner - Transfer Pricing Services, Niveus Consulting Group

16:40 - 17:00

360 degrees are not enough - changes in employment strategy

Speaker: Zsolt Lukács, Managing Director, Telkes Consulting

17:00 - 17:20

Dilemmas six months after GDPR entered effect

Speaker: Dr Dániel Ódor MRICS, Partner, Taylor Wessing